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Cbe Church Jinr HE SALVATION ARMY is the evolution of two great ideas— first, that of reaching with the 
People. J[ gospel of salvation the masses who are outside the pale of ordinary church influences ; 

second, that of caring for their temporal as well as spiritual necessities. In the one hand, 
it has carried to the people the Bread of Life, while in the other it has borne to them the bread 
that perisheth. 

In July, 1865, the banner of this Army of Redemption was first unfurled in the East End of 
London, in a disused Quaker burial ground, by its founder and general, William Booth. In 1872 
the first shot was fired on American soil by one of its converts, an emigrant from England, and in 
1881 the work was regularly inaugurated by a band of Hallelujah Lasses under the leadership of 
Commissioner George Scott Railton. 

If it were possible to put into figures the sum total of the indirect influence of the Salvation 
Army on religious thought and sociological progress, and could we add to this its direct and visible 
accomplishments, the result would indeed be startling. Apart altogether from the latter, there 
can be no doubt that an immense impetus has been given to the cause of Christ and philanthropy 
by stirring up thousands who have never entered its ranks to work of a similar character. Not 
only so, but a very large proportion of its converts have joined the churches and thousands of 
those who have been trained in its ranks are now occupying prominent ministerial and similar 
positions. 

It is, however, with its direct operations that we are at the moment concerned, and these we 
have endeavored to describe as far as possible pictorially, with a view to presenting the subject in 
as concise and interesting a manner as possible. 



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TT7-HE INCORPORATION of The Salvation Army in America under the laws of the State of 
i : New York places an official imprimatur on its organization and methods. Under this 
charter The Salvation Army becomes a legal entity and takes its place among the national 
institutions of the country. 

The military system of its government, so essential to its success, remains unchanged, and 
at the same time ample powers are provided for the prosecution of the various branches of its 
religious and philanthropic work. 

In preferring to incorporate under the laws of the State of New York, which are noted for 
their strictness, rather than under those of some other State where more latitude is allowed, it 
was believed that greater confidence would be created in the Army's stability and in the national 
character of its organization. 

Nothing could have been more cordial than the reception granted to the Army's representa- 
tives by the members of the Legislature. The good work already accomplished was generously 
recognized by all parties, who united in facilitating the passage of the Act, and in exempting from 
taxation both our religious and benevolent operations. 



Cbe Cbureb of 7TMERICA is a country in which the church and the Sunday school flourish as perhaps in no 
be Cbwrcbiess. x\_ other country in the world ; certainly its Sunday scholars outnumber those of any other 
country. And yet the problem of churchlessness is staring us in the face year by year 
with increasing seriousness. 

The census of 1890 showed that church accommodation had been provided for 43,000,000 out 
of a total population of 60,000,000. This was an admirable proportion. But the fact cannot be 
denied that more than half the places of worship are thinly attended. It would be a generous 
allowance to say that 30,000,000 persons regularly availed themselves of the opportunity afforded. 
In other words, excluding infants, more than 20,000,000 persons habitually absent themselves 
from places of worship. 



Go into the streets of any large city at the hour when every church throws open its door, and 
compare the number of people in the streets and parks with those who are at worship and it will 
be found that they number at least two to one. 

Again, look at the religious census of our cities. Here is one with a population of 25,000. 
Its churches contain accommodation for about 5,000 (including Catholics and Jews). The majority 
of the churches are not more than half full — only a few of them being popular and crowded. The 
ministers will tell you they have no need of more churches ; in fact, they dread the erection of a 
new building. And yet here are 20,000 persons who are neither provided for nor evince any 
desire to be so. 

In the light of the above facts the extreme importance of the Army as a religious factor in our 
national life cannot fail to be recognized. Not only do tens of thousands of habitual neglecters of 
the ordinary means of grace make our services the only ones they ever attend, but we follow them 
to their open-air resorts, and by means of our street parades, music and open-air meetings, we 
bring the good news of salvation to their very doorsteps. 

The spiritual operations of the Army in the United States include 

667 Senior Corps or Posts, 
545 Junior Corps or Posts, 

21 Slum Posts, 

27 Outposts. 

At these centres upwards of 12,000 meetings are held weekly, between two and three million 
people being reached in the open air and indoors. From 35,000 to 50,000 persons profess con- 
version publicly every year, amongst them being thousands of drunkards, criminals and other 
outcasts of society. 

It is impossible to exaggerate the value of the moral reformation thus wrought amongst the 
degenerate classes. Not that the work is by any means confined to them. Indeed, the bulk of 
pur ordinary congregations is made up of the respectable working classes. No effort is, however, 




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spared to induce every convert to go forth to the rescue of others. In fact the words Saint and 
Soldier are made to be synonymous. No sooner is the sinner saved than he is trained to system- 
atic warfare and taught that his very soul's salvation depends on his becoming the saviour of 
others. 

Cbe man„^ HE BLUE LA ws of Connecticut and other States show that at one time " the man in the 



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street " was the exception, now he is the rule ; or, at least, whereas he represented a 
small and disreputable minority, now he represents a majority, including many of the most 
respectable classes. Anyway, he is there and can no longer be ignored. Nor can he be made 
religious by Act of Legislature. 

True, we might leave him to himself and allow him to drift further on the downward course. 
We might abandon him to his fate. He has left the fold. He has himself to blame. We have 
many yet within the fold who need our watchful care lest they, too, stray. But that was not the 
policy advocated by the Good Shepherd. With ninety-nine in the fold, He would bid us seek the 
one lost sheep. How much more so when half the flock have wandered away ! 

Will they listen ? Oh, yes! The one justifiable ground of complaint that the police some- 
times bring against us is that the traffic has been obstructed by the crowds who gather on the 
sidewalks and roads and listen to the singing and the testimonies of our soldiers in the open air. 

Oh, that crowd of soul-hungry, sin-bestained faces, the prodigal boys of a thousand homes, 
that group themselves around the. ring wherever the flag of The Salvation Army has been hoisted ! 
They listen because they are talked to by ex-prodigals, who have tasted the bitterness of sin's 
cup. The tear in the speaker's eye, the tender tones in his or her voice, the song set to the 
exquisite popular melody which has swayed the nation's heart — how can they fail to awaken a 
responsive echo in that massive, thoughtful, silent throng ? 

The anarchist and the burglar stand side by side with the merchant and the working man. 
The infidel's arguments die upon his lips. " If I were not an agnostic I should say it is Divine," 
is the testimony of one who voices the feelings of many. 



Does the noise distress you ? And yet you steel your nerves to the inevitable hurly-burly of 
a city's traffic. The former takes but one brief hour ; the other commences with the dawn and 
reaches far into the night. 

What about the drum ? Why not ? Thousands owe to it their salvation. Watch the wild 
boys of your streets running at its sound to catch up to the procession and forgetting their games 
and amusements while they listen to the gospel ! You cannot force them to church with a rod nor 
attract them with a dollar, but here they come of their own accord and sacrifice their playtime for 
religion. The drunkard forgets his glass, the gambler his dice and cards. 

And yet during the last year, in more than one city, attempts have been made to curtail our 
open-air liberties. Our very success in drawing together the godless crowds has been the excuse 
for the passing of ordinances which the Courts have over and over declared to be unconstitutional, 
and for the arrest of men and women whose only offence has been a passionate desire to win the 
prodigal and save the lost. 

Happily the attempts thus made have been opposed by the united sentiment of the people and 
have resulted again and again in the vindication of our rights. 

The most systematic and daring attack upon these valued rights was made during the, past 
year in Philadelphia, where more than fifty of our officers and soldiers were arrested and in some 
cases treated with needless violence and indignity by the police. Our cause was ably advocated 
by ex-State Attorney Gordon and the arrests were declared to be illegal, resulting in a withdrawal 
of the restrictions which had been placed upon us. 



H Sphere for T N no religious or secular organization is there so free a hand allowed to women as in The 
Woman's Work, j Salvation Army, and to this fact is undoubtedly due a large measure of its success. The 
Hallelujah Lass has from the earliest days of the movement proved herself its Joan of Arc. 
Into the heart of slurndom she has carried the banner of salvation, and if her bonnet has become an 



equally familiar sight in the offices of our merchant princes, it is only that she may plead the 
claims of the poor and champion their cause. 

Problems that statesmanship and philanthropy have failed to solve have yielded to the gentle 
magic of these heroines of slumdom. " If there is a fight we make straight for the centre of it," 
said one of these girl warriors, who had been born and bred in the lap of luxury and had forsaken 
a comfortable home and brilliant social prospects in order to minister to the semi-savages of our 
city jungles. " Even if they are inflamed with drink or are using knives or revolvers, they never 
touch us. The people would almost tear them to pieces if they did." 

" There are only two saloons in Chicago where we are not allowed to visit," said another of 
these officers, " and we go to them regularly every week. When the proprietor reminds us that 
he has already forbidden us to come, we answer, ' Yes, sir ; but we have come to see whether 
you have changed your mind yet !' " 

Thousands of those who never cross the threshold of a church are to be found night after 
night in our meetings. Even when they do not profess to be converted, a marked change comes 
frequently over their lives. The meetings possess for these men a strange fascination, drawing 
them away from the glittering allurements of the saloons and dives and low music halls. 

The personal magnetism of these v omen, their fearless face-to-face dealing with the wicked 
and their patient toil in behalf of the suffering poor are not the only secrets of their success. 
Prayer and faith equip the most timid of them for the platform duties from which they would 
naturally shrink. " It is so much easier," they say, " to act than to talk." And yet the burning 
words which fall from their lips, powerful in their simplicity, go straight to the hearts of their 
hearers and result in wonderful reformations. 

As organizers and administrators many of our women officers have proven themselves to be 
in no sense inferior to the men, and the fact that they are equally eligible for our most responsible 
offices has helped to draw forth gifts which have only been latent for want of exercise. 



work for tbe TJ is sometimes alleged that " any man who wants work can get it." The magistrates and 
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j other public officials in the city of Brooklyn were recently asked the direct question as to 

whether this was so. City Magistrate Jacob Brenner replied as follows : 

" 1 know of many men who are honest, sober and industrious, willing to work at anything and for 
any wages, who cannot find any employment. As a last resort many of these men, who are homeless, 
without shelter or food, apply at the Courts and are committed, often at their own request, to the 
County Jail, and even to the Penitentiary." 

The above statement was endorsed by the following city magistrates: Henry Bristow, Charles 
E. Teale, William Kramer, Andrew Lemon, Alfred Steers and J. Lott Nostrand. Judge Teale 
says emphatically : 

" It is not true that ' any man who wants it can get work,' and 1 know whereof I speak. There 
are hundreds of men, habits good, physically equipped for the hardest kind of work, willing to the point 
of anxiety to pitch into work without raising the question of compensation, who cannot obtain employ- 
ment at any price. . . . The city magistrates, as a preventative and not a remedy or punishment, 
must take the very broadest humanitarian view and commit such unfortunates where at least soul and 
body may be kept alive." 

The above opinions are endorsed by Deputy Chief of Police John MacKellar, by Chief Engi- 
neer C. C. Martin, and by Patrick Hayes, Warden of Kings County Penitentiary. The last of 
these gentlemen, who is absolutely in a position to know the actual facts, says : 

" Men are constantly being committed here in large numbers who have been charged with no 
crime. Over fifty per cent, of the commitments to this institution are for vagrancy — the crime (?) of being 
' out of work and homeless.' . . . By our treatment of the unemployed we are making criminals of 
men who have heretofore been honest, self-sustaining members of the community, and who would be 
so again could they obtain work." 



The above statements are further confirmed by the returns of the labor unions for the State 
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ten per cent, of their members had been out of work. If such was the proportion amongst the 
powerful organizations represented, it is easy to imagine how great must be the suffering among 
the masses of unorganized labor. 

In a single month during the past year The Salvation Army found employment in the United 
States for 4,780 of these workless persons, being at the rate of nearly 60,000 per annum. 

With a view to providing work for the unemployed we have now eight Labor Bureaux and 
nineteen Salvage Brigades, Woodyards and Workshops. In addition to this, each of our Corps 
and Social Institutions is practically a Labor Bureau by means of which thousands of persons are 
annually found employment. 



Our Salvage 
Brigades. 



ONE of our most interesting and novel plans for finding work for the unemployed is the Salvage 
Brigade. This consists in the collection of waste paper, lumber, furniture, rags and clothing. 
The sale of these articles almost covers the cost of their collection and provides a large 
amount of unskilled labor which tides men over until they are able to find some regular employ- 
ment. In the city of Chicago we have a contract for keeping several of the wards clear of waste 
paper. In some cities baskets are deposited with householders, our teams calling regularly to 
remove whatever articles may be placed in them. 

The one difficulty that confronts us in extending this interesting and suitable method for deal- 
ing with the unemployed is that considerable expense is connected with the purchase of teams and 
baskets. 



/CONNECTED with some of our Salvage Brigades are Junk Shops where the old clothing, shoes 

salvation In ant j f urn iture we collect are repaired and sold to the poor at a low price. By this means 
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quantities of cheap clothing are supplied at a nominal figure sufficient to cover working 

expenses, and at the same time avoiding the appearance of charity. 



Shelters for " ~Y "Y /og could manage pretty well without food," said a converted hobo to me one dav. "We 
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and Vli. became accustomed to the gnawings of hunger. But it was the awful longing for sleep 
working Women. ^at we could not endure. At first they would allow us to spend the night in the 

empty wagons and freight cars. That was bad enough. Many a morning have I woke up to find 
myself lying in a pool of water, drenched through to the skin, yet so exhausted that I had slept 
through it all. 

" But after a time the police received orders to prevent us from using the carts or even the 
doorsteps. All night we would be compelled to keep moving. The longing for sleep at such 
times would be terrible. How thankful would we be to hide away in the corner of a lumber yard 
where the police could not find us ! " 

Our Shelters for the homeless poor have been greatly appreciated. Here, for ten cents a 
night, or for its equivalent in work, we have been able nightly to harbor thousands of destitute 
persons as well as to provide a clean and comfortable resting place for the multitudes of working 
men whose employment is irregular and whose wages are low. 

The majority of these Shelters are on a self-supporting basis, the chief difficulty being the 
initial expenses for fitting up and starting them. 

There are now forty-seven Shelters for men, with accommodation for about 4,800, and three 
for women, with accommodation for about 200. 

Very interesting figures were obtained by officers relating to the nationality of visitors to a 
Salvation Army Shelter on the Bowery in New York. It was found on that particular night there 
were in the Shelter, 

91 men of American birth, 2 Swedish, 

14 German, 2 Scotch, 

12 Irish, 1 Austrian, 

8 English, 1 Canadian. 

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N ADDITION to the regular and systematic relief of poverty by means of its various institu- 
tions, The Salvation Army is able to render 'special service at times of great emergency. 
During the prolonged blizzard of 1899, when for nearly a fortnight the railroads were tied up 
and the streets were for some time impassable through the heavy falls of snow, some hundreds of 
our halls throughout the country were thrown open to the poor by day and night. This was the 
more necessary as it was impossible for many families who buy their fuel in small quantities to 
obtain any supply. Thousands availed themselves of this relief. 

Cent meals for the poor have also been a very popular form of assistance. For one cent a 
pint of coffee and some bread have been supplied. A single member of a family could come and 
fetch what might be required for a good meal at home, taking away as many cent meals as they 
might pay for. This form of relief continued throughout the winter, and has already been 
re-established this winter. 



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URING last Christmas we spread our tables throughout the United States for no less than 
100,000 of our city poor. Next Christmas this vast number will probably be exceeded. 
As a rule, the free distribution of food or clothing is discountenanced by us. The poor man 
must either work or pay for whatever he receives. Nor do we find the slightest reluctance on the 
part of the poor to fall in line with this reasonable request. We feel, however, that Christmas is 
the one exception which must serve to prove the rule. On this occasion our doors are thrown 
wide open and we welcome all who come. 

Past experience having shown us that the most needy and deserving are often those who seek 
to conceal their destitution and are unwilling to parade it before the public, we have made one of 
our special features of Christmas Relief the distribution of Basket Dinners, each basket containing 
sufficient for five persons. These are taken away by some member of the family and provide a 
good Christmas at home, which is deeply appreciated. 

Tickets for these basket dinners, as well as for the general public dinners, are carefully 



distributed through our officers and through the various religious and philanthropic agencies, so 
that the really needy poor are reached and helped. 

For our next Christmas Dinner in New York the famous Madison Square Garden has been 
engaged. Basket dinners will be prepared for 16,000 and a general public dinner for 4,000. A 
mammoth Christmas Tree for children will also be provided on the Saturday previous to Christmas 
Day at our Memorial Hall in West Fourteenth Street. 

The following are among those who have consented to act as Vice-Presidents and Patrons of 
the occasion : Commissioner John W. Kellar, President Board of Charities; Edward Lauterbach, 
Esq., Counsellor-at-Law ; Hon. Chas. F. MacLean, Justice of the Supreme Court; General Jas. 
O'Beirne, former Commissioner of Charities ; Countess Schimmelmann ; Hon. Bernard J. York, 
President Board of Police Commissioners, Greater New York. 

Similar celebrations will take place throughout the country in all the principal cities. In 
Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland and many other cities from 4,000 to 5,000 
persons are annually provided with Christmas cheer. 



DOTTED up and down the leading cities of the world The Salvation Army operates nearly one 
hundred Rescue Homes for Fallen Women. During the twelve months ending 30th June, 
1899, 5,132 of these daughters of sorrow passed through our Homes, from 70 to 85 per 
cent, of them being restored to lives of virtue. 

In the United States we have now fourteen Homes, with accommodation for 360 girls, about 
1,000 having passed through during the year, including preventive cases and some who only 
remained for a few days. 

An interesting feature of this work is the organization of the girls who have left the Homes 
into a league known as the "Out of Loves." Occasional meetings are held for them at regular 
intervals, and they contribute as they are able to the expenses of the Home. One or two of the 
older Homes are now mainly supported by the contributions of the " Out of Loves." 



Our 

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for 

fallen Women. 



Work among f~Y~} EETINGS are regularly conducted by permission of the authorities in many jails and peni- 
eriminals. \ I / tentiaries, resulting in the conversion of many of the convicts. Upon their release from 
prison hundreds of ex-prisoners are assisted to find work and to return to the paths of 
honesty. Money is urgently needed to establish some regular Home for ex-criminals, similar to 
those which exist in other countries, through which 1,626 ex-convicts passed last year, resulting 
in about 80 per cent, proving to be satisfactory cases. 



Our Work 1 I 7 HE SERVICES of The Salvation Army have a special attraction for children. Whatever 
among the I m ay be the opinion of the grown-ups as to the wisdom of our methods, there can be no 
doubt of their popularity amongst the young. Whether it be in the open air or in our 
halls, there is seldom any difficulty in arresting and retaining the attention of the children. This 
branch of our work has of recent years been carefully systematized and extended with the most 
encouraging results. 

Perhaps the most interesting development has been the establishment of Brigades of Corps 
Cadets, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of twelve and eighteen who profess conver- 
sion and desire to be trained, with the consent of their parents, as future Salvation Army officers. 
The movement was started some two years ago in England and already numbers over 4,000 in 
that country. In America it was commenced at the early part of this year and now numbers 
about 400 members. _ The Cadets receive examination papers at regular intervals and are graded 
from time to time, besides being encouraged to go through a course of reading and assisting in the 
general corps work. 

At the usual Junior meetings all the children are divided up into suitable classes and are care- 
fully instructed in the Bible. A weekly meeting of what is termed the Band of Love arranges for 
the instruction of the children in various departments of useful knowledge. 

A special book has been prepared by the Army for instruction in club drills, tambourine drills, 



flag drills, Chinese lantern drills, etc., accompanied with music and singing. These are extremely 
popular with the children. For the guidance of parents General Booth has written a' valuable 
book on the training of children, and a special catechism suitable for them is now in the press. 

In India, where only a small percentage of the population can read or write, the Army 
operates an extensive system of public schools, in which thousands of Hindoo children are 
educated. In a country like America this would, of course, be neither necessary nor advisable, and 
the fact is only mentioned to call attention to the spirit of adaptation which characterizes the 
Army work in all lands. 

The Army, however, operates two very interesting Orphanages in the United States — one at 
Rutherford, near New York, and the other near San Francisco. It is hoped at an early date to 
greatly extend these operations, locating the children, as they grow up, on our various Farm 
Colonies, and thereby making them ultimately home owners. 



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Artisans. \ young clerk or storeman struggling to keep up appearances on the small'salary he receives, 
is liable to get amongst bad companions unless surrounded with a good, healthy, moral 
environment. Already several institutions of this character have been established, and there is a 
wide field for further advance. We shall be glad to hear from friends interested in this class of 
work and willing to invest some money in it, holding ourselves responsible for the regular payment 
of interest and the gradual repayment of the capital. 



Our uiork among TTT HE LOW WAGES paid to the thousands of young; women employed in Our large city stores 
Employed in 1S making it yearly more difficult for them to subsist. Homes, Hotels and Boarding Houses 

stores * Offices, f or respectable young women are being established to supply this urgent need at the 

earnest request of our friends and with their hearty backing. 



Needless to say that in these Homes only women of thoroughly respectable character are 
received, and that they are run entirely distinct from our Rescue Homes. Owing to the fear that 
the one may be mistaken for the other we have sometimes found a difficulty in launching these 
institutions, but the early prejudice quickly disappears, and as soon as the Home is known it is 
usually crowded with a bright, intelligent class of young women who deeply appreciate the advan- 
tages and opportunities placed within their reach, many of them co-operating heartily with us in 
our plans for the betterment of others. 



Farm Colonies. 




HE most alarming feature of our modern civilization is its wholesale disregard for and dis- 
ruption of the family. Domicide is to the nation what suicide is to the individual. It is as 



false economy for society to destroy the home as it is for a man to blow out his brains so as 
to save the expense of feeding his body ! And yet almost all modern pauperology is based upon 
the destruction of family ties. The consequences have been most disastrous and are bound to be 
increasingly so as time goes on. 

Our cities are crowded with poor families who are reduced to the verge of starvation. The 
single man and single woman without any family responsibilities have a sufficiently hard struggle 
for existence. But their condition is as Paradise compared with that of the starving family. 

" I have three brothers," remarked one of our Bowery boys, " but only one of them is living ; 
the other two are married ! " And yet beneath the jest what a pathetic world of suffering was 
hidden. 

A very large proportion of these families have drifted from the country to the city from causes 
over which they have but little control. To return to the country other than as mere laborers is 
almost impossible. They have no capital with which to buy land or build homes or support their 
families till their crops are gathered. Moreover, in the cities they have always charity to fall 
back upon when their own resources fail. And yet there is no reason why the same charity 
which at present keeps them in the city at so enormous and unprofitable an outlay of capital 



should not bend its energies to removing them to the country and establishing them in cottage 
homes, of which they should become the owners. 

It is now two years since our proposal for Farm Colonies was made public. During this 
period we have, though greatly crippled by the lack of capital, established three Colonies — one in 
Colorado, another in California, and a third in Ohio. The first of these is the most important, 
since upon it we have concentrated the bulk of our available capital, but the possibilities within 
"reach of the other Colonies are almost equally great if the necessary funds should be forthcoming. 

Each Colony consists of a tract of land divided up into small homestead farms with a cottage, 
from five to ten acres of land, a few cows, and some pigs and poultry. The colonist is assisted to 
get on to his feet, but has to repay all the money expended upon him, the amount being either 
repaid to the lender or reinvested in establishing another family. 

On our Colorado Colony we have now about 150 men, women and children. With an outlay 
of about $30,000 we have been enabled to pay the first two instalments on the land, erect some 
twenty-seven cottages with outhouses of various descriptions, purchase about 150 cows, 75 horses, 
120 pigs and 1,075 poultry, besides buying machinery, erecting a creamery and supporting the 
families of the colonists. 

At the end of eighteen months what is the position of the Colony ? Each family is able to 
meet its own expenses and has an excellent prospect of speedily repaying the few hundred dollars 
expended upon its establishment. The canteloupe crop has brought in a cash income of over 
$1,000, while the creamery brings a regular weekly income of about $50 to $60 — say $2,500 a 
year. In addition to this is a considerable further income, which may be valued at not less than 
$1,000, from other vegetable produce and from poultry and eggs, pigs, etc. Large quantities of 
hay, alfalfa, corn and other produce for home consumption have also been grown by the colonists. 
Here, then, is a cash income of not less than $5,000 on an investment of $30,000, and this during 
the second year of the Colony's existence. Apart from this, moreover, is the great increase in 
the value of the land thus thickly peopled and intelligently cultivated. Unimproved land around 
our Colony has already increased from $22.50 to $50 an acre in selling value. The main line of 



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the Santa Fe Railroad intersects our land, which is irrigated by one of the best canals in the valley 
of the Arkansas River, while we are able to obtain an abundant supply of water for drinking pur- 
poses within a few feet of the surface of our land. 

Here, then, in our Colony system is a plan whereby the surplus population of our great cities 
may be removed in families by tens of thousands and converted from being the recipients of charity 
into self-respecting home owners. Doubtless the battle cry of the philanthropist and statesman in 
the near future will be, " The landless man to the manless land ! " In other words, let the waste 
labor be placed upon the waste land by means of the waste capital and we shall thereby transform 
this trinity of modern waste into a unity of production. 

For instance, let it be supposed that the $50,000,000 now consumed by our 3,000,000 sub- 
merged poor in our cities should be devoted to removing them on the above plan from the cities 
and placing them in homes of their own, what would be the result ? 

With this amount 500,000 persons could be taken in families from the cities each year and 
placed upon 1,000,000 acres of fertile land in cottages of which they would ultimately become the 
owners. 

Within ten years the whole of this capital outlay would be refunded by them (interest 
having been paid on it in the meanwhile) and would be available for repeating the process until 
the balance between town and country had been restored. The natural increment of the land 
thus thickly populated would be an absolute security for the investment apart altogether from the 
industry of its occupants and the results of their labor, which would at least be abundantly 
sufficient to supply them with a living without their being dependent on the State or on private 
charity. 

The relief thus afforded to the present strain upon taxes and philanthropy would be difficult 
to overestimate, while the self-supporting and self-respecting citizens thus created would enor- 
mously increase the home demand for the products of our great cities. 

Few features of our philanthropic work afford a more interesting subject for the study and 
assistance of the benevolent than do these our Farm Colonies. 



Salvation Hrmy 
Finance. 



YT7HE VAST NETWORK of spiritual and benevolent agencies established by the Army in the 
United States necessarily involves a heavy outlay of expenditure. This would not be 
possible but for the fact that each institution is placed upon a self-supporting basis and is 

taught to be responsible for its own expenses. Not only so, but each officer and soldier is trained 

to assist liberally according to his ability both in the support and extension of other branches of 

the work. 

The main sources of income are the collections which are taken up at all meetings, both 
indoors and in the open air ; the donations of friends of the movement, and the profits on the sale 
of " War Crys," books and uniform. 

Officers are only granted a small salary sufficient to enable them to live in a strictly economi- 
cal manner. They are, moreover, expected to meet their rent, gas, fuel and other liabilities before 
being entitled to draw their salary. At the same time, to supply their personal need, several 
funds have been established. 

(a) The Sick and Wounded Fund provides two Homes of Rest, one near New York and the 

other in California, besides contributing towards the medical and resting expenses of 
officers. 

(b) The Disabled Officers' Fund provides a regular weekly grant for officers who have been 

permanently disabled through disease or other cause. 

(c) The Funeral Fund provides for the burial expenses of officers and their children. 

To the above a fourth fund has now been added, known as the Officers' Dime Benefit 
League. Each officer will contribute ten cents on the death of a comrade officer, the amount thus 
raised being paid to the heirs or dependents of the deceased, or to such object as he may designate. 
The League includes two classes of members — beneficiary and non-beneficiary. The former will 
be restricted to officers, the latter will consist of friends and soldiers desiring to join the League. 
The maximum amount payable will be limited to $500, any surplus being credited to the fund, 
and, in case of accumulation, being paid over to the Disabled Officers' Fund. 



It is needless to add that money is urgently needed for the extension of the various branches 
of our work here described. The opportunities that surround us are limited only by the fact that 
advances are dependent upon the necessary capital being forthcoming. Once established, the 
majority of our institutions are strictly self-supporting and find little difficulty in paying their way. 

Regular balance sheets are published annually by the National Headquarters, while the 
accounts of every corps and institution throughout the country are carefully and systematically 
kept on forms specially provided for the purpose. 

Nor are the funds administered without the most careful supervision and control of our ablest 
and most devoted officers, under the direction of regularly constituted councils. 

The Board of Trustees established by the Act of Incorporation is responsible for the general 
administration of the funds and properties of the Army in the United States. The By-Laws drawn 
up under the Act further arrange for the establishment of a General Finance Council and a Prop- 
erty Council, each consisting of not less than six officers, who supervise the various details. 
Careful minutes of the proceedings are kept, and an annual return made to the Secretary of State, 
in addition to the publicatien of an annual report and balance sheet. 

Further particulars may be obtained from Commander Booth Tucker or from the Legal 
Secretary, National Headquarters, 122 West Fourteenth Street, New York City. 



Social TTT HE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS of The Salvation Army in the United States now number 




154, made up of 



23 Food Depots ; 



54 Shelters, with nightly accommodation 



for nearly 5,500 persons; 



3 Farm Colonies ; 
20 Slum Posts or Stations ; 
14 Rescue Homes for Fallen Girls, with 



23 Workshops, Factories and Labor Yards; 
8 Labor Bureaux and Registry Offices ; 



accommodation for 360 ; 
2 Homes for Waifs and Strays ; 



i Missing Friends Department ; i Laundry ; 

3 Hospitals and Dispensaries; 11 Miscellaneous. 

Four hundred and forty-two officers and employees are engaged exclusively in these Salvation 
Army institutions. 

The returns for the Social work in the United States during one single month show the follow- 
ing interesting figures : 



Institutions. 


No. 


Accommoda- 
tion. 


Beds 
Occupied. 


Meals 
Supplied. 


tr ...... j wt 1 

round Work. 


Officers. 


Employees. 


Shelters for Men, 


49 


5,3ii 


131,426 




I,6lO 


63 


135 


Shelters for Women, 


5 


244 


5,835 




10 


7 


9 


Food Depots, 


23 






27,424 








Salvage Brigades and Wood Yards, 


14 


213 


7,455 


22,365 


1,647 


14 


17 


Labor Bureaux, 


8 








1,530 


8 




Farm Colonies, 


3 


202 








18 




Rescue Homes, 


14 


360 


11,095 


33,285 




94 




Children's Homes, 


2 


60 


2,100 


6,300 




6 


3 


Hospitals and Dispensaries, 


3 










46 




Slum Posts, 


20 










46 




Missing Friends, 


I 










1 




Miscellaneous, 


12 




7,070 


21,210 




21 




Total, .. .. .. 


154 


6,390 


164,981 


110,584 


4,797 


324 


164 


Annual Rate, 




2,253,600 


1,836,000 


1,300,000 


57,000 








tjtoup of SL'ciin Officer utibet. £i*i*t,-©ot. Sft^^-o^. 



Row t© Bcip | By taking a Mercy Box in your home and putting into it one cent a week for the poor, 
salvation Hrmy. By becoming a Mercy-Box Secretary and getting others to take a Box. 

III. By helping us to place our Merchants' League Box in stores, restaurants and offices. 

IV. By joining the Auxiliary League and subscribing five dollars a year (payable, if preferred, 

quarterly), when we will send you regularly one of our publications. 
V. By loaning to our Colony or Building Fund any money you may have' laid by, when we will 
give you good security and interest, and you will realize that your money is doing good, 
besides being safely invested. 
VI. By representing our work to moneyed friends and urging them to assist us while living and 
to remember our work in their wills. 

VII. By reading and circulating our literature. 

VIII. By praying for us. 



Addresses of Social Institutions for the Poor in foe United States 



NEW YORK. 
1.. National Headquarters, 120-124 W. 14th Street. 
2. . Secretary for Farm Colonies (Col. Holland), 124 

W. 14th Street. 
3.. Secretary for City Social (Col. Holland), 124 W. 

14th Street. 

4 .. Department for Missing and Lost Friends (Col. 

Holland), 124 W. 14th Street. 
5. .Merchants' League, 120-124 W. 14th Street. 
G. . Central Relief Office, 120-124 W. 14th Street. 
7. .Labor Bureau, 120-124 W. 14th Street. 
8.. The Ardmore Workingmen's Hotel, 83 Bowery. 
9.. The Workingmen's Hotel, 21 Bowery. 
10.. The Dry Dock Workingmen's Hotel. 118 

Avenue D. 

11.. The Glyndon Workingwomen's Hotel, 24.3 
Bowery. 

12.. The Rescue Home (for Fallen Women). 316 E. 

loth Street (Stuyvesant Square). 
13.. The Cherry-Tree Home, for Waifs and Strays. 

Rutherford, N. .1. 
14.. Slum Post 1 Hall and Slum Officers Training 

Home, 88 Cherry Street. 
15.. Slum Day Nursery for Children, 88 Cherry 

Street. 

10. . Slum Post 3, 63 Watt Street. 
17.. Slum Post 5 in Hell's Kitchen, 532 W. 39th 
Street. 

18. .Italian Corps, 21 Hester Street. Mulberry Bend. 

19. . Penny Meal Depot, 88 Cherry Street. 
20.. Slum Training Home, 88 Cherry Street. 



BROOKLYN. 
21 . .Slum Post 1, 53 Columbia Street. 
22.. Labor Bureau. 327 Atlantic Avenue. 

JERSEY CITY, N. J. 
23. .Workingmen's Hotel, 93 Montgomery Street. 
24 .. Industrial Salvage Depot for Homeless Men, 
337 Newark Avenue. 

BOSTON, MASS. 
25. .Divisional Headquarters, S82-S90 Washington 
Street. 

26.. Old Central Hotel for Workingmen, 8S6 Wash- 
ington Street. 

27.. New Central Hotel for Workingmen, 8SG Wash- 
ington Street. 

28.. Labor Bureau for Unemployed, 886 Washing- 
ton Street. 

20.. Public Reading Room, 8S6 Washington Street. 
30.. Cheap Food Depot, 886 Washington Street. 
31.. The Hub Workingmen's Hotel, 187-189 Hanover 
Street. 

32. .The Unity Hotel for Men. 37 Green Street. 

33. The Hotel Benedict for Young Women, 20 Com- 

mon Street. 

34.. The Ladies' Lunch and Restaurant, 20 Common 
Street. 

35. . Industrial Salvage Depot for Homeless Men, 

394 Harrison Avenue. 
36.. The Junk Store for Sale of Goods to the Poor, 

394 Harrison Avenue. 



BOSTON— Continued. 
37 .. Wood-Yard, Rear 394 Harrison Avenue. 
38.. The Rescue Home, 147 Mount Pleasant Avenue, 

Roxbury, Mass. 
39.. Slum Post. 31 Athens Street, South Boston. 
40.. Slum Post, 48 Battery Street. 

PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
41 .. Workingmen's Bethel for Seamen, 9S Wicken- 

den Street. 
42.. Slum Post, 276 S. Main Street. 

PALL RIVER, MASS. 

43. .Workingmen's Hotel, Rear 55 4th Street. 

TROY, N. Y. 

44. .Divisional Headquarters, 35 King Street. 

SYRACUSE. N. Y. 

45. .Workingmen's Hotel. 311 S. Clinton Street. 
46.. Pood Depot. 311 S. Clinton Street. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
47 . . Workingmen's Hotel. 38-40 Exchange Place. 
4S..Pood Depot, 38 Exchange Place. 

BPFPALO, N. Y. 
Divisional Headquarters. Ellicott Square. 
Workingmen's Hotel, 79 Main Street. 
Pood Depot, 79 Main Street. 
Rescue Home, 390 Humboldt Parkway. 
Slum Post, 35 Michigan Street. 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
54 .. Workingmen's Hotel. 370 Water Street. 

W A T E R BUR Y, CON N. 

55. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

56. .Wood-Yard for Unemployed, 212 Meadow Street. 



49. . 

50 . . 

51 . . 
52 
53. . 



OLEAN, N. Y. 

57. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 

58. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. 

59. . Workingmen's Hotel. 

60. . Industrial Home for Men. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
61 .. Divisional Headquarters, 14 South Broad Street. 
62 .. Workingmen's Hotel, 8th and Vine Streets. 

63. . Workingmen's Metropole, 305 South Second 

Street. 

64. .Rescue Home, 5415 Lansdowne Avenue. 

65. . Maternity Home, 5415 Lansdowne Avenue. 
66.. Slum Post 1. 160 Lombard Street. 

67 . . Slum Post 2, 705 Rodman Street. 

PITTSBURG, PA. 

68. .Workingmen's Hotel, 340 Third Avenue. 

BRADFORD. PA. 

69. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

CLEVELAND, O. 

70. . Divisional Headquarters, 715 Garfield Building, 

Euclid Avenue. 
71 .. Workingmen's Hotel. 86 Michigan Street. 
72.. Farm Colony, Fort Herrick, Willoughby, near 

Cleveland, O. 
73.. Rescue Home, 91 Kinsman Street. 
74.. Slum Post, 897 St. Clair Street. 
75 .. Industrial Salvage Brigade for Homeless Men. 

TOLEDO. O. 
76. . Workingmen's Hotel. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



77. . Workingmen's Hotel, 27 Longworth Street. 

78. . Workingmen's Hotel, Vine and Canal Street. 
79.. Slum Day Nursery. Front Street. 

80.. Slum Post, 403 E. Front Street. 

LOUISVILLE, KY. 

81.. The New Gun, Workingmen's Hotel, 342 W. 
Jefferson Street. 

NASHVILLE, TENN. 

82. .Workingmen's Hotel and Food Depot, 170 N. 

College Street. 

CHICAGO. ILL. 

83. .Divisional Headquarters, Dexter Building, 84 

Adams Street. 

84. .Evangeline Workingmen's Hotel, 387 South 

Clark Street. 

85. .Food Depot, 387 South Clark Street. 

86.. Harbor Lights Workingmen's Hotel, 118 W. 

Madison Street. 
87.. Beacon Workingmen's Hotel, 515 State Street. 
S8..The Mina Women's Hotel, 54 Wabash Avenue. 
S9.. Salvage Warehouse, 411 Harrison Street. 
90.. Junk Store, Where Goods are Sold to the Poor, 

State Street. 
91.. Labor Bureau, 566y 2 W. Madison Street. 
92. .Dispensary, 3701 Cottage Grove Avenue. 
93.. Rescue Home, 0201 Wabash Avenue. 
94.. Slum Post 1, 130 Pacific Avenue. 
95.. Slum Post 2, 171 Seller Street. 
90.. Slum Post 3. 82 W. 15th Street.. 

GRAND RAPIDS, M I ( 'II. 
97.. Rescue Home, 1230 South Division Street. 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 

98. .Divisional Headquarters, 810 Olive Street. 

99. .Lighthouse Workingmen's Hotel, 9th and Market 

Streets. 

100.. Beacon Workingmen's Hotel, 11 Market Street. 
101.. Slum Post 1, 1303 N. 8th Street. 
102.. Slum Post 2. 424 S. Second Street. 
103.. Rescue Home, 3740 Marine Avenue. 

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 
1U4. .Workingmen's Hotel. 113 South 8th Street. 
105.. Food Depot, 113 South 8th Street. 

LITTLE ROCK. ARK. 
106. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

I (>7 . . Restaurant. 

108. .Wood-Yard for Out-of- Works. 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 
109 .. Divisional Headquarters, cor. 13th and Walnut 
Streets. 

110.. The Metropole, cor 13th and Walnut Streets. 
111. .Workingmen's Palace. 211-213 East 5th Street. 
112.. Food Depot, 211-213 Fast 5th Street. 
113.. Summer Fresh Air Depot. 211-213 East 5th 
Street. 

114.. Penny Ice Depot. 211-213 Fast 5th Street. 

115. .Workingmen's Hotel. 351 Minnesota Avenue. 

TOPEKA, KAN. 

116. . Hospital. 

HOUSTON. TEX. 

117. .Workingmen's Hotel. 2014 Court Street. 

I I 8. . Wood-Yard, 2014 Court Street. 

AMITY, COL. 
110.. Farm Colony. P. O.. Amity, Prowers, Co. 
120 .. Farmers' Institue, P. O., Amity, Prowers Cc 
121 .. School, P. O., Amity. Prowers Co. 



DENVER, COL. 

122. .Divisional Headquarters, 2938 Lawrence Street. 

123. .Working-men's Hotel, 1320 16th Street. 

124. .Food Depot. 

125. . Industrial Salvage Brigade for Homeless Men. 

CRIPPLE CREEK, COL. 
126 . . Work " r gmen's Hotel. 234 Meyers Avenue. 
127.. Food Depot, 234 Meyers Avenue. 

OMAHA, NEB. 

128. . Resei; i Home. 2015 Pinlcney Street. 

ST. PAUL, MINN. 

129. '.Resell Home. GCCi Jackson Street. 

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 
130 .. Working-men's Hotel, 35 Franklin Avenue. 

131. .Food Depot, 35 Franklin Avenue. 

132. .Wood-Yard. 

133. .Laundry. 

PORTLAND, ORE. 
134 .. Divisional Headquarters, 620 Chamber of Com- 
merce. 

135. .Workingmen's Hotel. 

136.. Rescue Home, 63 4th Street. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 

137. . Wood- Yard, Yester Way and 3d Avenue. 
138.. (Colby) Wood Camp. 
139.. Basket Factory. 

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
140. . Divisional Headquarters. 1139 Market Street 
141 .. Working-men's Institute, 158 New Montgomei y 
Street. 

142.. Food Depot. 158 New Montgomery Street. 

143 . . Dispensary. 

144. .Wood- Yard. 

145.. Labor Bureau, 158 New Montgomery Street. 
146 .Women's Shelter, 603 Washington Street. 
147.. Food Depot, 63 Washington Street. 
148.. Rescue Home, Beulah. 

149. .Children's Home, Mills College, P. O. Cal. 

SACRAMENTO, CAL. 

150. .Working-men's Hotel, 115 K Street. 

LOS ANGELES. CAL, 
151 Young Women's Boarding Home. 
152. . Workingmen's Hotel, 759 Upper Main Street. 
153.. Rescue Home, 330 N. Griffin Avenue. E. Lcr 
Angeles. 

ROMIE, CAL. 
154.. Farm Colony, Fort Romie, Monterey Co. 



Since the copy for the abort- was sent to the printers the undermentioned Soeial Institutions hare been 

opened and put into operation : 



CLEVELAND, O. 
Workmen's Metropole. 

NEWARK, N. J. 
Workmen's Hotel, Washington Avenue. 
Industrial Hon e for Men, Boyd Street. 



DES MOINES, IA. 
Rescue Home for Fallen Women, 1314 West 35th 
Street. 

SEATTLE, WASH. 
Workmen's Hot.ei. 



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Salvage, Depot anb Store. SSoslou, 9lCa 3i . 



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DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



CHE various branches of the work described in this book are in urgent 
need of financial assistance, principally for purposes of extension rather 
than maintenance. Loans or donations for the Farm Colonies would be 
especially helpful. Shelters, Salvage Brigades, Children's Homes, Work 
among Prisoners, Rescue Homes, Slum Work and other operations ought to 
be greatly enlarged to cope with the necessities of the poor. Commander 
and Consul Booth Tucker will be glad to answer any inquiries and furnish 
further information. Checks should be made payable to The Salvation Army, 
Incorporated. Letters should be addressed 120-124 W. 14th St., N. Y. City. 



BALANCE SHEETS 

OF 

THE SALVATION ARMY 

1899 



Cbt Salvation Army. 



NOTE. — The accounts as published herewith embrace only those funds which are handled and dealt with 
directly at the National Headquarters in New York City, and do not include contributions or disbursements of 
any of our 700 local stations, nor accounts in connection with any charitable or social work outside of New 
York City and the immediate neighborhood. Balance sheets are issued locally giving these particulars. The 
only exception to this is the Farm Colony accounts. The balance sheet for the half year ending September 30, 
1899, has been added to those of the previous year, owing to the change of date in our financial year consequent 
upon the incorporation. 

Seneral Sncome and Expenditure for 2/ear Ending Tfyarch 3/, /S99. 



HEADQUARTERS CENERAL MAINTENANCE. 



Cr. 



To Rent of Headquarters and 

Staff Homes $14,664 35 

" Repairs and Alterations, in- 
cluding Fittings for Offices 
and Officers' Quarters 2,057 63 

" Fuel and Light for Offices, 

Auditoriums and Water Tax 3,898 18 

" Printing and Stationery for 
Headquarters' General Work 
and Disposition of Forces 2,094 81 

" Postage and Telegrams. . . 3,135 33 

" Salaries of Headquarters' 

and Employees 15,585 70 

" Legal Expenses, including 
Salaries, Stationery, Post- 
age and Special Legal 
Charges in connection with 
Incorporation with Travel- 
ing Expenses 2,831 73 

" Interest on Loans and Dis- 
count 1,582 84 

" Expressage and Office Ex- 
penses, including deprecia- 
tion on Furniture and 
Fixtures, Headquarters and 
Officers Quarters 5,053 84 

" Advertising and Appeals... 3,109 96 

Carried forward 



.$54,014 37 
$54,014 37 



By Donations and Auxiliary 
M e m b ership Subscription 

Fees $5,085 49 

Less Expenses of Depart- 
ment, Stationery, Peri- 
odicals and 25 per cent, 
returned to Divisions.... 3,131 28 



$1,954 21 



Harvest Festival Demon- 
stration. Total received at 
National Headquarters from 

all sources 

Less cost of Collections, 
Printing, Expressage, Post- 
age, Labor and Commissions 
to Divisions 



Divisional Fund. Total 
Income, 10 per cent, on 
General Divisional Income.. 
Less portion applied on old 
Divisional Accounts 



Transfer from Trade De- 
partment. Profit on Sales. 



15,296 43 



2,643 03 



2,605 82 
880 33 



Carried forward. 



12,653 40 



1,725 49 



49,244 82 
565,577 92 



Brought forward $54,014 37 

Grants to Corps and Divi- 
sions for Rents, Traveling 
and Special Operations. . . 11,701 21 
Staff Traveling expenses of 
Officers visiting Divisional 
Centres for Special Demon- 
strations, Councils of War, 

&c 3,211 48 

Divisional and Corps Special 
Expenses of Officers set 
apart for Special Evangel- 
istic Work and Inspection 

of Corps 4,176 56 

Special Demonstration, 
Printing. Postage, Travel- 
ing, Rents, including Labor. 6,051 70 
Junior Soldier War, Na- 
tional Oversight, including 
Departmental Expenses and 

Traveling, &c 2,076 35 

Training Homes. National 
Oversight and Management 
Expenses, including Travel- 
ing, Grants, Rent and 
Clothing, Stationery and 

General Maintenance 5,924 24 

$33,231 54 



Naval and Military League, 
Rent of Halls and Tents, 
Traveling and Officers' Al- 
lowance 1,707 73 

Less Income from Dona- 
tions, Collections, &c 1,122 04 



585 69 



Sick and Wounded. Main- 
tenance of Homes of Rest, 

Grants to Officers, &c 2,874 55 

Less Collections and Dona- 
tions 2,342 31 

; 532 24 

Grants to City Social Op- 
erations and General Super- 
vision 11,411 74 

Balance carried to Salva- 
tion Army Fund 53,233 62 



$153,009 20 



Brought forward $65,577 92 

Balance from Property de- 
partment. Income and Ex- 
penditure Account $87,431 28 



$153,009 20 



Social ano IRelief Branches. 

Income and Expenditure Account, March 31, 1899. 



To Social Department. General 
Maintenance and Expenses 
of Department, including 
Stationery, Traveling and 
Depreciation of Plant and 
Fixtures in Social Insti- 
tutions $3,447 45 

" Salary of Staff and Em- 
ployees of Social Depart- 
ment. Expenses of Central 
oversight of all Social 
Operations 3,958 00 

" Investigation Department. 
Expenses of Department, 
including Salaries, Travel- 
ing, Postage, Stationery, &c. 1,062 03 
Less Income from Sub- 
scribers 278 82 

" Institutions. Rent, Salaries 
and Maintenance Ex- 
penses — 

The Ardmore Shelter 3,928 66 

" Bowery " .... 3,926 68 

" Dry Dock " 3,443 36 

" Glendon " 3,084 01 

" Jersey City " 3,960 67 

•' Newark " 1,168 42 

" Salvage Departments. Rent, 
Labor, Maintenance, Sal- 
aries and Help — 

Greater N. Y. Salvage... 4,133 80 

' Jersey City " ... 2,087 06 

Newark " ... 2,007 91 

" Rescue and Slums. General 
Maintenance Expenses of 
Department. Traveling, Sta- 
tionery, Postage, Grants 

to Homes, &c 

" Institutions for Rent, Main- 
tenance, &c. — 

New York Rescue Home. . 1,446 97 
N. Y. Receiving Home. 1,040 38 



7,405 45 



783 21 



19,511 80 



8,228 77 



3,049 33 



Carried forward $2,487 35 $38,978 56 



By Collections. Donations and 
Traveling Expenses refund- 
ed, including Loans returned 
Grant from Mercy - Box 
account 



Institutions. Income from 
Charges for Beds and 
Donations — 

The Ardmore Shelter .... 

•' Bowery " .... 

" Dry Dock " .... 

" Glendon, including 

Mercy-Box Grant 

The Jersey City Shelter. 

" Newark " 



$1,788 12 
600 00 



4,376 75 
4,794 42 
3,012 17 

3,084 01 
3,818 68 
1,021 21 



Salvage Depots from Sales 
of Stock and Donations 

for Greater N. Y. Depot 2,085 68 

Jersey City Depot 2,111 10 

Newark 1,309 95 

Rescue and Slum Work. 
Collections, Donations and 

Traveling refunded 1,885 18 

From Mercy-Box Account.. 702 11 



New York Rescue Home, in- 
cluding Donations, Collec- 
tions and Inmates' Work, 
including Receiving Home. . 

Children's Home (Cherry 
Tree) Donations, Collec- 
tions and Special Demon- 
strations 2,379 31 

From Mercy-Box Account.. 463 57 

Maternity Home 

Slum Work Donations and 
Grant from Mercy Box. . . 

Carried forward 



$2,388 12 



20,107 24 



5,506 73 



2,087 29 



666 16 



2,842 88 
116 00 
415 16 
$34,129 58 



Brought forward $2,487 35 $38,978 56 

Cherry Tree (Children's) 

Home 2,842 88 

Maternity Home 817 37 

Slum Home 415 16 6,562 76 

$45,541 32 



Brought forward 

By Balance to General Fund, 
Income and Expenditure 
Account 



$34,129 58 
11,411 74 
$45,541 32 



Special Relief UJorks. 



To Expenses of Department. 
Labor. Collecting on Streets, 
Carfare and General Super- 
vision, including meals for 
Collectors 866 76 

" Purchases of Permanent Col- 
lecting Material 446 52 

" Printing, Postage and Ad- 
vertising, Expressage, 458 56 

" Clothing. Shoes and Gar- 
ments 220 26 

" Lodging, Coal, Temporary 
relief in various Districts, 
and Employment 2,308 00 

" Cost of Christmas Dinner 
for Meat, Groceries, Bread 
&c 1,204 24 

" Balance carried down 



5,504 40 
683 24 



,187 64 



By Collection on Streets and 
Donations 



,187 64 



sl87 64 



mercy Box Account. 



To Purchases of Stock, Station- 
ery, Expressage, Postage, 

Salaries and Traveling.. $3,500 38 

Commissions to Divisions.. 2,041 19 

" Grants to Children's Home. 463 57 

Slums 238 17 

" Rescue Homes... 702 11 

Womans' Shelter. 749 18 
" Social General 

Account 600 00 

" Womans' Min- 
istering League. 150 00 



$5,541 57 



2,903 03 



By Total Collection Raised at 
National Headquarters 



3,444 60 



$8,444 60 



$8,444 60 



Property Department. 



To General Maintenance, cost 
of Department, including 
Salaries, Traveling and Sta- 
tionery 

" Interest on Mortages 

" Repairs to Properties 

" Insurance o n Buildings 
and Properties 

" Depreciation in Sale of 
disused Properties. Valua- 
tion of Properties $4,898 72 

Realized from Sale 2,950 00 

Depreciation 

" Balance to General iDcome 
and Expenditure Account. 



$2,030 54 
11,135 56 
195 06 

329 76 



1,948 72 
87,431 28 
$103,070 92 



By Bents from Properties for 
Interest, Insurance, &c. . . . 
" Properties Donated and Se- 
cured for Salvation Army 
purposes 



$15,144 38 
87,926 54 



$103,070 92 



funeral ?und. 



To Payments for Funeral Ex- 
penses during the Year. . . . 
Transfer to Sick and Wound- 
ed Fund and Maintenance 
of Home of Rest 

"' Balance brought down .... 



$ 1,945 27 



1,500 00 



$3,445 27 
901 02 

$4,346 29 



By Balance reported April 1st, 

1898 1,369 37 

" Total Receipts at Head- 
quarters from Divisions... 2,976 92 



$4,346 29 



$4,346 29 



Disabled Officers' Fund. 



To Grants to Disabled Officers 
during Year ending March 

31st, 1899 

" Balance carried down 







By Balance Reported March, 














1898 


$10,491 


36 






$2,264 


48 


" Commission paid over from 








10,968 


88 


War Cry during year and 












Interest on Investments. . 


2,742 


00 














$13,233 


36 


$13,233 


36 








$13,233 


36 



Balance Sheet for Vear ending march 31, 189$. 



LIABILITIES. 

To Loans on Mortgages, on 
Freehold and Leasehold 
Properties 

" Collections for Building pur- 
poses. Deposited by Corps. $5,892 86 

" Sundry Creditors, various 
Loans and Trust Money, se- 
cured by Mortgages. Special 
Relief, Funeral Fund. Dis- 
abled Officers, Collection 
account, Armenian Special, 
Warriors' Min. League... 12,991 31 

" Self-Denial, Balance carried 

forward, incomplete returns. 11,361 75 

" Sundry International Ac- 
counts, for Missionary 
Fund, Loans for Officers 
Traveling, &c 12,492 56 

" Sundry Creditors, Loans for 
Fixed Periods, General 
Work 23,000 33 

" Sundry Creditors, Loans 

Colonization purposes 19,895 00 

" Salvation Army Fund, 

March, 1898 265,507 30 

Balance from General In- 
come and Expenditure Ac- 
count 53,233 62 



$291,454 75 



85.633 81 



318,740 92 



$695,829 48 



RESOURCE. 

By Freehold and Leasehold 

Property, March, 1898 $476,255 89 

" Addition during the year, 

including property donated. 133.549 65 



Less Depreciation. 



609.805 54 
1,948 72 



607,856 82 



Furniture and Fixtures, 
Headquarters and Officers' 

Homes, March 31, 1899.. 11,996 79 

Addition during Year 4.119 94 

16.116 73 

Less Depreciation 4,116 73 

Sundry Debtors, Loans on 

Properties 

Sundry Debtors, Loans to 
Divisions for General Ex- 
tension and Social Ad- 
vances 

Furniture and Fixtures in 

City Social Institutions, 

reported March 31st, 1899. 7,500 00 

Addition during Year 4,824 93 

13,324 93 

Less Depreciation 1,532 49 

Farm Colonies. Improve- 
ments on Land, and In- 
stalments 

Cash at Bank 



12.000 00 



2,252 07 



24.264 59 



10,792 44 



24,481 23 
14,182 33 

$695,829 48 



trade Department 

BALANCE SHEET FOB YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1899. 



To Capital, March 31st, 1S99. $61,463 72 
Less Transfer to General 
Fund in addition to Profit 

from Sales 11,414 59 



Sundry Creditors, on 
count of Supplies. . . . 



Ac- 



50,049 13 
5,156 48 



$55,205 61 



By Plant, Machinery and Type. $24,390 88 

Less Depreciation 3,658 62 

" Furniture and Fixtures. . . . 1,126 54 

Less Depreciation 166 58 

Sundry Creditors 

" Stock on Hand — 

Books 8,668 56 

Outfit 15,644 56 

Engraving 500 00 

" Cash at Bank 



$20,732 26 



959 96 
5,886 38 



24,813 12 
2,813 89 

$55,205 61 



General Income and expenditure Six month s Ending September 30, 1899* 

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS MAINTENANCE. 



To Rent of National Headquar- 
ters, and Officers' Quarters. 
" Repairs and Alterations, Ar- 
ranging New Offices, and 

Repairs after Fire 

Less Insurance and Rebate. 

" Fuel and Light for Offices 
and Auditoriums, including 
Water Tax 

" Printing and Stationery for 
Headquarters General Work 
and Disposition of Forces. 

" Postage, Telegrams and 
Telephone Service 

" Salaries of Headquarters' 
Staff and Employees 

" Legal Department. Expenses 
of Department, Salary. Sta- 
tionery and Special Legal 
Service in connection with 
the Act of Incorporation.. 

" Interest on Loans, General 
Salvation Army Work 

" Expressage and Office Ex- 



$5,301 35 $5,301 35 



3,443 44 
580 07 



1,987 35 



899 80 
1,292 97 
7,945 00 



2,523 54 
484 30 



2,863 37 



Carried forward $15,132 96 



,164 72 



By Donations and Auxiliary 
Membership Subscriptions. 

" Less Departmental Ex- 
penses, Passes, Periodicals 
and 25 per cent. Commis- 
sion to D. O's 

" Divisional Percentage Ac- 
count. Total Receipts from 
Divisions 

" Less Allowance on old Ac- 
counts 

" Donations, Collections for 
Sick and Wounded, Homes 
of Rest Expenses 

" Self-Denial Fund. Total Col- 
lection received at Head- 
quarters 37,293 45 

Less Expenses of Collec- 



$2,036 96 



860 27 



2,732 98 



400 38 



$1,176 69 



$2,332 60 



1,760 44 



Carried forward. . 



$37,293 45 



,269 73 



Brought forward $15,132 96 $8,16 4 72 

penses, Freight, Cartage on 

Furniture 765 46 

Grants to Divisions, Corps 

and Officers 2,452 80 

Staff and F. O. Traveling 
Expenses of Staff Officers to 
Divisional Centres, for Dem- 
onstrations, Councils of 
War, and General Business. 1,735 04 

$20,086 26 



National Specials. Ex- 
penses of Officers set apart 
for Special Evangelistic 
Work ar:d Corps Inspec- 
tion 1,482 53 

Special Demonstrations. Ex- 
penses of Meetings, Print- 
ing, Postage, Traveling, 

Rent, &c 1,297 70 

Junior Soldiers' War. Na- 
tional Supervision, E x - 
penses, Salaries, Travel- 
ing, &c 1,190 89 

Training Homes. Expenses 
of Homes, Maintenance, 

Traveling, Rents, &c 2,048 50 

Naval & Military League. 
Expenses. Stationery and 
Postage, including Special 

Operation Expenses 291 70 

Sick and Wounded. Homes 
of Rest. E :pens^s of Homes 
Maintenance of Homes, 
Grants 3,393 52 

Social Income and Ex- 
penditure Account 2,809 50 

Property Department. In- 
come and Expenditure Ac- 
count 1,942 07 



9,704 84 



4,751 57 



Balance to Salvation Army 
Fund 563 30 



$43,270 69 



Brought forward $37,293 45 $5,269 73 

tions, Printing, Advertising, 
Expressage, Postage, 10 per 
cent Commission to D. O's 
and one-third of Profit for 

Missionary Work 23,550 05 

$13,743 40 



Transfer from Trade De- 
partment from Profit from 

Sales 24,257 56 



$43,270 09 



Social and Relief Branches. 



To Social Department Expenses 
for General Oversight, Sal- 
aries, Traveling, Station- 
ery, Loans &c 

Less Income from Institu- 
tions for Maintenance, Ex- 
penses, Loans and Travel- 
ing returned 

" Investigation Department. 
Expenses, Salaries, Station- 
ery, Traveling, Postage, &c. 
Less Subscriptions 

" Merchants' League. Cost 
of Material for Collecting 
purposes, Salaries, Travel- 
ing 

Less Collections 



Expenses of Institutions for 
Rent, Help, Maintenance, 
Gas, Coal, &c — 

The Ardmore Shelter 

" Bowery 

" Dry Dock " 

" Glendon " 

" Jersey City " 

" Newark " 



$3,087 63 



2,041 43 



526 48 
70 14 



701 70 
609 02 



2,711 15 
2,017 40 
1,625 91 
1,573 14 
1,983 56 
1,777 12 



Salvage Depots. Cost of 
Collecting and Maintenance 
Expenses — 

Jersey City Salvage .... 

Newark " .... 



930 30 
198 81 



$1,046 20 



$456 34 



92 68 



■— $11,688 28 



$1,129 11 



By Mercy-Box Income for Gen- 
eral Social Maintenance Ex- 
penses — 
" Receipts from Charges for 
Lodgings and Donations — 
The Ardmore Shelter 
" Bowery 
" Dry Dock " 
"' Glendon 
" Jersey City " 
" Newark 

" Receipts for Sale of Merch- 
andise Collected — 

Jersey City Salvage 

Newark " .... 

" Collections, Donations and 
Special Appeals — 

Slums 

Childrens' Home 

Rescue Department 

" Balance to General In- 
come and Expenditure Ac- 
count 



$2,523 35 
2.374 34 
1,703 00 
1,599 63 
1,904 75 
1,667 70 



640 75 
109 47 



32 03 
395 66 
292 48 



$11,772 77 



$750 22 



$720 17 



$2,809 50 



" Slums, Rescue & Childrens' 
Homes — 

Slum Work 

Childrens' Home 

General Rescue Department 


161 
574 

904 


43 
20 

42 


$1,640 05 


















$16,052 66 


$16,052 66 



Sflercy Box Account 



To Mercy-Box Department. Ex- 
penses, Salary, Stationery 

and Postage $ 388 68 

" Transfer to Social Depart- 
ment 1,247 78 



$1,636 46 
$1,636 46 



By Total Receipts at Head- 
quarters 



$1,636 46 



$1,636 46 



Property Department. 



To Interest on Mortgages 

" Repairs to Properties.... $ 819 12 

" Departmental Expenses, in- 
cluding Depreciation in Real 
Estate through Sales of 
Disns?d Properties 3 200 08 

" Insurance on Buildings and 

Properties 125 62 



$6,284 92 



$4,145 72 
$10,430 64 



By Rents of Properties. Halls. 

for Interest $6,013 57 

" Donation of Property for 

Salvation Army Purposes. . 2,475 00 

" General Income and Ex- 
penditure 1,942 07 



$10,430 64 



$10,430 64 



Funeral fund. 



To Expenses of Eunerals and 

Plots $ 720 80 

" Grant to Sick and Wounded 

Fund 1,500 00 

" Balance carried down 



2 220 89 
959 90 

$3,180 79 



By Balance from March 31st, 

1899 $ 901 02 

" Income and Transfer from 

Divisional Indebtedness. . . 2,279 77 



$3,180 79 



$3,180 79 



Disabled Officers' fund. 



To Grants to Disabled Officers 

during Six Months $ 1 136 85 

" Balance brought down.... 10,815 89 



$11,952 74 
$11,952 74 



By Balance, March 31st, 1899 $10,968. 88 
" Commission from War Cry 

Sales 983 86 



$11,952 74 
$11,952 74 



JHE Trade Catalogue contains 
a complete list of the Books, 
Pens, Texts, Teas, Uniforms, 
Stereopticons and other goods 
sold by The Salvation Army through 
their Central Trade Depot, in New 



York* 




For particulars •write to Brigadier Caygill, Trade Secretary, 
120 West Fourteenth Street, cHe<w York City. 




Salvation flrmy Bibliography* 



BY GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH 
(Founder of The Salvation Army.) 

In Darkest England and the Way Out $075 General Booth's Letters '.$075 

The Training of Children, cloth, red edges 100 The Why and Wherefore of The Salvation Army 025 

BY THE LATE MRS CATHERINE BOOTH 
(Mother of The Salvation Army.) 

Practical Religion ... ... $0 75 I Life and Death $0 55 

Popular Christianity 75 I Godliness 75 

Aggressive Christianity 75 The Salvation Army in relation to Church and State 25 

BY COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER. 

The Life of Catherine Booth, being a history of The Salvation A Short Life of William Booth, General of The Salvation Army. $0 05 
Army and the early lives of its founders. Two vols., 8vo., . 

cloth $3 50 I $3.00 per hundred. 

Short Tracts on the Problem of the Poor : 

The Farm Colonies of The Salvation Army $005 I The Salvation Army in the United States being a pictorial report 

Our Future Pauper Policy 05 of the work, profusely illustrated and including last annual 

Back to the Land 03 balance sheet $005 

BY COMMISSIONER RAILTON. 

Twenty-one Years' Salvation Army, a sketch of the early days uf All About The Salvation Army, by those who know $0 05 

the Army $07? I 

COMPILED BY COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER. 

One Hundred Favorite Songs of The Salvation Army, being the music and words of 100 of the Army's most popuiar songs by General Booth, Com- 
mander and Consul Booth Tucker, Major Slater and others, and including several melodies by Professor ( has K. Harris and Paul Dresser, 
with Army words, such as " Just Break the News to Mother," " The Banks of the Wabash," "After the Ball," and "Just Tell Her that You 
Saw Me," also the words of 50 other songs and 300 choruses 

Boards : $0 25 | Cloth " $0 50 

Song Book containing the words only of all the above $0 05 



Periodicals. 



' War Cry," published weekly in New York, being the official 
gazette of The Salvation Army in the United States. Yearly 
subscription, post paid $200 

' Pacific Coast War <.ry," publi<hed in San Francisco 2 00 

' Stridsropet " published weekly in New York, being the Scandi- 
navian-American edition of the " War Cry " 1 25 

' Der Kriegsruf," published fortnightly In New York, being the 

German-American edition of the " War Cry " . o 70 



" Chinese War Cry," published occasionally in San Francisco 
per copy... 

" Young Soldier," published weekly in New York, being the 
children's edition of the " War Cry " 

" Harbor Lights," published monthly in New York, being speci- 
ally intended to represent the Army in the United States 
and in other lands for the information of Auxiliaries and 
friends o 5° 



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